Lets keep this thread going! Here is my fiancee's fave japanese recipe (she's chinese and LOVES sweet and salty foods):
Oyako - don (I think it means mother and daughter)
You need a big round bowl for each person (we have these cool japanese donburi style bowls, about 6" across I'd guess)
small fry pan with a lid (glass lid is best, for seeing the food) - approx 6" across
Freshly steamed japanese rice
dashi (japanese stock, you can buy it in most supermarkets, smells and looks a bit like fish food, but tastes great)
soy sauce
sake/mirin
plain white table sugar
thinly sliced chicken (breast or thigh works well)
a couple of eggs, whisked together
thinly sliced onion
sliced green onion
shredded seawead/nori
sesame seeds
I cook this all by taste. So I can only give approx measurements. Adjust according to your preference!
First, I put about half a cup of water into the pan over medium-low heat. Then, I add the dashi soup base (the stuff I buy is dried little pellets) - this stuff is potent, you only need a little bit - half a teaspon or less usually. I let that mix and taste to ensure its not overpowering (if it is, add water and remove some of the stock for the next batch!). I then add about 1 teaspoon of soy sauce. Next, about 1 teaspoon of sugar. Add a dash of sake/mirin. Taste again! It should be pleasantly sweet but slightly salty - very cool taste.
Next, I add the sliced chicken to my boiling broth. I cover the pan with a lid for about 45 seconds to a minute while the chicken cooks. I then add the thinly sliced onions and cover for about 15-20 seconds. Finally, add enough mixed egg to cover the chicken and onions, put the lid back on until the egg is just set.
Then, take your bowl full of rice (did I forget to tell you to fill your bowl with rice? Oops! go do that and quick! You really dont want to overcook eggs! Ever!) and slide the contents of the frying pan all over the steaming hot rice. Sauce and everything. Top with the seaweed, green onions and sesame seeds (or none of these toppings... really depends on what you like).
Hmmm, I'll try and think of some other japanese food I cook at home. Curry has already been covered and thats my fave (nothing like oxtail curry!)